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Archive for July, 2011

A dreary Friday practice at the British Grand Prix was enlivened by a public row between McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh and Red Bull's Christian Horner, disputing the rights and wrongs of the latest ruling the FIA on off-throttle blown diffusers.
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Six out of eight race wins to start a Formula One season. Seven poles. No classifications lower than 2nd. Sebastian Vettel is having a hell of a year. Better than Niki Lauda in 1976 (five wins of first nine, three poles). Better than Jim Clark in 1965 (six wins of fist seven, four poles). Better
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Swimming against the tide of popular opinion, F1 impresario Bernie Ecclestone has pronounced that Sebastian Vettel's crushing dominance in F1 2011 to-date is "what makes it so interesting for the fans" and muses that there is no reason "why there shouldn't be a Red Bull era?"
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Lewis Hamilton plans on launching the greatest comeback in F1 history in front of his home fans this weekend. The former champ knows he has to win Sunday's British Grand Prix to have any hope of regaining the drivers' crown.
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Putting your car on the front row, P1, has never been harder in Formula One than today, but it’s always been a difficult undertaking. Here are the best qualifiers of all time, including a current driver who is vaulting rapidly into statistical history. Part of F1A&G’s “Top
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Mounting the top step on the F1 podium is a feat so challenging, so exceptional, it has been accomplished by only about 90 men in more than 60 years. Sometimes it takes awhile, even for champions. Part of F1A&G’s “Top Sixes” feature-in-progress. Six Most Races To First Grand
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There’s a youth movement underway in today’s Formula One, but the historic title of F1?s youngest Grand Prix drivers includes several from the annals as well. Part of F1A&G’s “Top Sixes” feature-in-progress.
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